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Sickening

//ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing sickness or disgust.

    "sickening cruelty"

  2. 2
    Amazing, fantastic.

    "Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing or able to cause nausea wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making somebody sick.

    "In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings. It is Boletus huronensis, and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sicken form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.

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